• Pilgrim Baptist Church will be having a one day Bible School from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 The church is located on McDonald Road in Hayesville. Everyone is welcome.
• St. Luke’s Anglican Church Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10 at 7 Ewing Street Blue Ridge. Hosted by the men and women of St. Luke’s Church. Funds support a variety of local community organizations.
• If you like to make a donation to the Moss Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery fund, mail to PO Box 1198, Hayesville, N.C. 28904. Make checks to Moss Cemetery Fund.
• McConnell Memorial Baptist Church is offering GriefShare, a grief recovery support group from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. beginning Thursday, Aug. 18 for 14 weeks in the Family Life Center, Room 219.
• Manna Food Bank will be at First Free Will Baptist Church from 12-2 p.m. Thursdays, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22. Bring your own bags or boxes. Located at 259 Tusquittee Street. For details call (828) 389-4777.
• Mountain Synagogue, in Franklin, N.C., conducts services the first Friday and third Saturday of each month. For information, visit: www.mountainsynagoguewnc.com; email: mountainsynagogue@gmail.com or call (828) 634-1312.
• Grief Share will meet for 14 weeks at 6 p.m. each Monday at Catalyst Church, 1762 U.S. 64 E. in Hayesville. Anyone who has lost a loved one and is grieving is welcome to attend. For details, call (706) 944-2513 or Linda Hoefsmit at (828) 644-4750.
•Truett Conference Center and Camp, 177 Truett Lane, Hayesville. For details email: kadcock@truettcamp.org; call (828) 389-8828 ext. 5904 and visit: www.truettcamp.org. Owned and operated by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
• Soaking Prayer is held at 6:30 p.m. every second and fourth Monday at Meadow Grove Baptist Church, 19 Meadow Grove Lane. In the healing ministry it has become apparent that the deeper the need is for healing, the more prayer time the healing usually requires. Soaking prayer is listening to, loving and praying for longer periods of time. It is a beautiful opportunity to wait restfully in the Lord’s presence while the prayer ministers quietly intercede on your behalf. Our hope is that you will encounter Jesus, the Healer and Redeemer, in a deep and healing way.
• Truett Memorial First Baptist Church offers a study of Southern Baptist doctrine. Materials for the class are $20. Contact the church (828) 389-1053 to reserve your place.
• Are you troubled by someone’s drinking? Al-Anon Family Groups meet at 12 p.m. every Tuesday at Sharpe Memorial Methodist Church, 1114 Main St. Room 105, Young Harris, Ga. For details call (404) 687-0467 or visit: www.ga-al-anon.org.
• Broken Shells Ministry is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 115 Tennessee Street in Murphy. Divorce Care, a support group that features practical information and teaching for recovering from divorce and\or separation meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday. For details on all classes call (828) 837-8777.
• Awake America meetings are held at 11:59 a.m. at different locations: first Thursdays: Blairsville City Hall, Blairsville, Ga.; second Thursdays: Blue Ridge City Park, Blue Ridge, Ga.; Towns County Civic Center, Hiawassee, Ga. (currently meeting at City Park Gazebo adjacent to City Hall) and Community Partners Realty, Winder, Ga.
• The Hayesville Buddhist Meditation Group meets every Wednesday at Iona Integrative Health; 1091 US-64 W, Suite 1 Hayesville. Seated meditation begins at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who would like instruction is welcome to come early at 6 p.m. For details email: hayesville.meditation@gmail.com.
• An Antiochian Orthodox Mission is now forming in Blue Ridge, Ga. Initially, services are being held at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 7 Ewing Street, Blue Ridge, Ga. For those of the Orthodox Faith as well as those interested in the original church as established by Jesus Christ, all are invited to visit and experience formal worship in a loving atmosphere. For details email: OrthodoxBlueRidge@yahoo.com or call (706) 455-8903.